Children - The beginning

After managing to stay together through thick and thin, children seem like the next milestone for some families. For those who do not wish to have any, I really envy you at this point of time. But according to Uncle CW8888, he holds different views.

Some woman do not get pregnant easily, or some may tried to follow some old wives myth counting the days to get the gender of kids they like. Nowadays, there are ovaluation strips. I do not know how they work. Basically the strip will react to certain chemicals in the urine to give positive results if one is ovaluating.

Not forgetting the pregnancy test kit. Most women will confirm using a couple of test kit to double confirm they are really pregnant before booking an appointment with the gynae.

Gynae do not comes cheap. Here is the cost for KK Hospital. This just cover the basic, vitamins and additional testing are charged extra. There are packages that are available for most gynae, which is deductable through the medishield, but take note, deducting this package charge from medishield may cause a more expensive bill when one actually delivered. If one choose to pay via cash for packages, the allowable deduction from medishield during delivery will be higher for pateints taking Ward A and B1. The difference between Ward B1 and B2 is huge, so if one intend to be under Ward B2, taking the package under medishield may not have vast difference in the cash portion of bill.

Edited: How can I forgot!!! Vitamins like folic acid during the first 3 months, calcium, Obamin (multi-vitamins) and the ULTRA expensive fish oil that is supposed to be good for the brain (FYI, this fish oil capsule is one of the most yucky I ever had eaten... and most breastfeeding mothers are actually encourage to take them throughout breastfeeding)

Maternity clothings. When women are pregnant, most start to shop for new clothings to make room for the expanding tummy. Maternity clothings are by far the most expensive clothing I had ever afford. Unless one start using pants extenders to continue wearing the pre-pregnancy bottoms.

The decision to having a baby do not come cheap. Will talk more about it later.
OT83, this post is not to encourage your decision of not having children. But a post to let you know about what costs are there if you ever decide to have one.